ARMENIAN LIFE BEFORE 1915 / RESEARCH EDITION 0.4
Paghesh / Bitlis
City · Bitlis / Paghesh
Present-day reference: Bitlis
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7,241
Armenian residents · 1913
Patriarchate city figures. The source’s much larger population, church and monastery totals for the Paghesh Diocese cover surrounding settlements and are not city totals.
Institutions and count definitions
Churches
Complete total not established1913
Schools
Complete total not established1913
Trades, industries and influence
A sourced economic profile has not yet been added. This is a research gap, not evidence that the community lacked economic importance.
Sources and geographic context
- Robert Tatoyan · Bitlis/Paghesh — Religious Life I (2023)
1913 Patriarchate city population and household figures. The much larger diocesan church and monastery totals are excluded from the city metrics.
Approximate city reference point; not a surveyed property or historical administrative boundary.
City, village, province and diocesan records have different scopes. Population and institution figures are not interchangeable or automatically additive.
Dataset 0.4.0 · Armenian Genocide Museum of Canada